Trimethylamine

A tertiary amine, C3H9N, 59.112 g/mol. Boiling point 37.2 °F at 760 mmHg, melting point -178.8 °F, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₃H₉N
Molecular weight: 59.112 g/mol
Exact mass: 59.073499 g/mol
IUPAC name: N,N-dimethylmethanamine
SMILES: CN(C)C
InChI: InChI=1S/C3H9N/c1-4(2)3/h1-3H3
InChIKey: GETQZCLCWQTVFV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 37.2 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 37.17 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
Melting Point: -178.8 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -179 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
Density: 0.633 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0.6356 (NTP, 1992) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
Solubility: 48 % at 86 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; Very soluble (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
Vapor Pressure: 1487.83 mmHg at 70 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1610 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP: log Kow = 0.16measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 0.16measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Flash Point: Not Applicable. Gas. (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 10 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
Viscosity: 5.1564X10-4 Pa.sec at 200 Kmeasured · Daubert, T.E., R.P. Danner. Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Chemicals Data Compilation. Washington, D.C.: Taylor and Francis, 1989.
Refractive Index: Index of refraction: 1.3631 at 0 °C/Dmeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 95th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2014-2015, p. 3-532

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 59.11 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 59.073499291 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 0.3calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 3.2 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 8calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.1778calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 3.24 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 19.611 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.3845calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon3 atoms · 61.0% by mass
N Nitrogen1 atom · 23.7% by mass
H Hydrogen9 atoms · 15.3% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 4
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 13
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Tertiary amine
Nitrogen bonded to three carbons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Trimethylamine yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is N,N-dimethylmethanamine.

The sources also call it N,N-dimethylmethanamine, Methanamine, N,N-dimethyl-, N-Trimethylamine, Dimethylmethaneamine, (CH3)3N, FEMA No. 3241, DTXSID2026238, LHH7G8O305, Trimethylamine, anhydrous, DTXCID106238, CHEBI:18139.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Trimethylamine has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Trimethylamine. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

1,4-Dioxane

used as a reactant

C₄H₈O₂, 88.106 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database1146
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.